#B5B83C#B5B83C

#B5B83C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.143 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B83C
RGB	rgb(181, 184, 60)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 67.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -16.41, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 61.96, 105.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0507 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.143 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0133, 44.4319, 10.9006)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B83C #3F3CB8

analogous

#B87D3C #B5B83C #77B83C

triadic

#B5B83C #3CB5B8 #B83CB5

tetradic

#B5B83C #3CB87D #3F3CB8 #B83C77

square

#B5B83C #3CB87D #3F3CB8 #B83C77

split-complementary

#B5B83C #3C77B8 #7D3CB8

monochromatic

#5A5C1E #888A2D #B5B83C #CACD65 #DADC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B5B83C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#B5B83C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B83C

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B83C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B83C	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b83c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 184, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.143 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cecd79',
    500: '#b5b83c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b83c;
$custom-light: #cecd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b83c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.452,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75743,
    "c": 0.14322,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B83C

secondary

#8A89C7

accent

#4DDA51

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B83C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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